Would it be for the same reason some people are only allowed to eat food with their right hand? (With their hands) Because you wipe your ass with the left one then?
I only said yes because it’s disrespectful to give things to your teacher or parent something important with one hand. You’re supposed to do with both. This isn’t strictly enforced or anything it’s just a way of showing respect.
No, but in the past the left hand was seen as "the hand of the devil". My grandmother was left-handed, but the school educated her to write with the right hand.
The culture of eating with a specific hand because the other hand is not clean enough definitely still exists. For sure in northern parts of Africa. But I'm not sure where else.
It's a thing in Asian cultures. The left hand is typically used to wash and clean and wipe your butt, so it's considered rude to give people items with your left hand. Yeah I'm Asian and I find it silly.
I'm left handed too, but here our left hands are preserved only to wash ourselves, so eating, handling and handing over anything with left hand is frowned upon
No but my mother was born left handed and my grandmother forced her to switch to being right handed since left was the devils hand or some dumb shit like that. She would hit my moms hand if she ever caught her using her left. To this day my mother can't write with her left hand even though she's left handed. There are some really stupid religious people out there...
You dont need to touch your bum directly with your hand. It's the using the toilet paper with your left hand. And it's a matter of principle, not actual lack of hygiene.
Anyone who says that never touch their left hand. There is a reason they consider left hands unclean. Also check if they keep toilet paper at home or not.
This is cultural ettiquette in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. Left hand is for poo-wiping, right hand is for eating, greeting, and everything else.
In my culture it isn't disrespectful, so that's probably why they didn't mention it, however, you're in a world of shit if your elbows are on the table
I’m left handed, and an older lady tried to tell my mum to make me eat (and in the future write) with my right hand. She gave a flat out no, of course, but there are definitely still people who have a weird up hanging about left-handed people.
American Dad has a great episode of this where Francine tells Steve his classmate isn't allowed, he assumes it's because the classmate was black. Ff to them calling Francine's adopted parents to find out she was a lefty in a Catholic foster program and the nuns would be at her with fish and scream LEFTIES ARE THE DEVIL'S MINIONS
Poll answer no. I am left handed and so are both my parents. But this sounds like a cultural thing OP - my family is Canadian with English heritage and we are agnostic.
freshman year history teacher told us about this, he was left handed and talked (constantly) about his military experience including where he had to travel to the middle east and had to make a conscious effort to always use his non dominant hand because of the shitting hand rule lmfao
My parents are left handed, I’m left handed, that wouldn’t make sense??? Though one of my grandmothers forbade my older sister from using her left hand to do things. Just one of those weird things old people think
Would it be for the same reason some people are only allowed to eat food with their right hand? (With their hands) Because you wipe your ass with the left one then?
Ya. It's pretty common in Indian culture.
I only said yes because it’s disrespectful to give things to your teacher or parent something important with one hand. You’re supposed to do with both. This isn’t strictly enforced or anything it’s just a way of showing respect.
I do most things with my dominant hand, including eat and wipe my ass
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Born and raised in England, parents are both Nigerian.
Born and raised in USA but both of my parents are from Sri Lanka and have told me this.
No, but in the past the left hand was seen as "the hand of the devil". My grandmother was left-handed, but the school educated her to write with the right hand.
The culture of eating with a specific hand because the other hand is not clean enough definitely still exists. For sure in northern parts of Africa. But I'm not sure where else.
My great-grandmother was beaten if she used her left hand at school. She was a white, protestant Australian
It's common in Indian Cultures
My dad used to say giving currency notes with left hand was kind of disrespectful... It has become habitual now to pay with my right hand
That's because they clean their ass with the left. Lived with an Indian family in London. They had a bowl of water next to the toilet.
Yeah I'm Nigerian so it was pretty common for us. I don't even give my classmates anything with my left hand I'm so used to it 😅
It's a thing in Asian cultures. The left hand is typically used to wash and clean and wipe your butt, so it's considered rude to give people items with your left hand. Yeah I'm Asian and I find it silly.
Me who wipes my butt with my right hand: •_•
My family is Asian, and they never did anything if I did something with my left hand.
Isn't this also the case in some parts of Africa? I guess it's just something that develops in areas without basic hygiene
I'm left-handed so I'll never visit those countries.
No and as a left-handed person, fuck anyone who say that.
Hell yeah, lefties unite!
Left-handeds, the largest minority in the world
I'm left handed too, but here our left hands are preserved only to wash ourselves, so eating, handling and handing over anything with left hand is frowned upon
320 Asians voted yes
Other people exist
Indian here. Can confirm many people here believe this
I need to know what culture does this
The fuck?
The hell? I’ve never even heard of such a thing.
Not a big thing in the west, but it's a part of culture for the majority of people in the world and all over Asia
They never told me it was disrespectful, but they told me why someone might think it's disrespectful
Why?
No but my mother was born left handed and my grandmother forced her to switch to being right handed since left was the devils hand or some dumb shit like that. She would hit my moms hand if she ever caught her using her left. To this day my mother can't write with her left hand even though she's left handed. There are some really stupid religious people out there...
What in the right hand elitism??
What the fuck
No, because we have toilet paper, soap and water, making a designated shit hand unnecessary.
You dont need to touch your bum directly with your hand. It's the using the toilet paper with your left hand. And it's a matter of principle, not actual lack of hygiene.
what
Its highly common in india
Anyone who says that never touch their left hand. There is a reason they consider left hands unclean. Also check if they keep toilet paper at home or not.
Da poo poo.
Bruh I'm left handed.
I wouldn't visit a Muslim country then.
This is cultural ettiquette in Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries. Left hand is for poo-wiping, right hand is for eating, greeting, and everything else.
No, my parents weren't insane.
Yo wtf
Uhh no, I've never heard about that
No wtf parents just want a reason to lash out because wtf..
Wait what!?!?!?!?
That’s some Muslim type stuff.
not this but we were strictly told to eat and drink with the right hand. And it's a very common thing here not just us.
Are you Muslim?
my family also doesn't say that, however, they say handshaking with the left hand is a fake handshake (no idea if it's just us?)
Muhammad wasn't much better than Hammurabi when he popularized this rule.
wtf?
huh
The only conversation about handing items we had was about knives and if I should hand them hilt first, blade first, where to grab, etc.
In my culture it isn't disrespectful, so that's probably why they didn't mention it, however, you're in a world of shit if your elbows are on the table
A relative used to dislike that his son used his left hand for writting and eating, but later he got over it and accepted it
No, but they told me that if I want to be respectful, I have to give an item using both of my hands
Like, anything? I mean, how would you give a coin to someone using both hands?
No but I was taught giving items with one hand only is disrespectful and I must always use both hands
Is there a subreddit for lefties?
But I learn on Martial Arts that you should use both hands when giving items to anyone.
Yes, but specifically only to indians
i’m left handed so if my parents told me that my entire existence would be disrespectful to them
Well thats a Indian thing
No but when I worked as a waiter at an Italian restaurant some of the clients told me that pouring wine with my left hand was bad luck.
Well I’m left handed so no.
Hello person who I’m pretty sure used cyclo
I’m left handed, and an older lady tried to tell my mum to make me eat (and in the future write) with my right hand. She gave a flat out no, of course, but there are definitely still people who have a weird up hanging about left-handed people.
It’s a cultural thing tbh. It got ingrained in me but it’s not a problem at all, it’s natural for me
Nope but a grandparent did.
no but it was stuff like don't eat with your left hand or don't wipe with your right hand
My family is neither muslim nir asian so no.
That’s the equivalent of people who write left handed are the devil’s servants
American Dad has a great episode of this where Francine tells Steve his classmate isn't allowed, he assumes it's because the classmate was black. Ff to them calling Francine's adopted parents to find out she was a lefty in a Catholic foster program and the nuns would be at her with fish and scream LEFTIES ARE THE DEVIL'S MINIONS
Why would my parents ever tell me something like that?
Idk. Culture I guess. I assume my parents were told this by their parents who were told by their parents and so on.
I used to attend a Japanese Dojo that followed the traditions to a T. And anything you'd give or take was to be done with both hands and a slight bow
not my parents, but other adults growing up did so my parents explained it. it’s cultural.
I’m actually left-handed!
What if you are left handed?
I'm left handed so that would be awkward
In Islam, it’s considered disrespectful.
Now that you mention it, once or twice
I heard that from a family friend when I was 3. Still sticks with me for some reason.
I'm left-handed, so I guess I'm very disrespectful.
No but my psychotic priest at my catholic school who was later arrested for touching a child did.
I have never heard of this before. Maybe it’s from a different culture than mine.
Poll answer no. I am left handed and so are both my parents. But this sounds like a cultural thing OP - my family is Canadian with English heritage and we are agnostic.
It’s common in Greece too
Sometimes you are born left handed.
Yup. My mom told me this and I’m Ghanaian
I've never heard of doing so, was disrespectful. That's a bunch of nonsense, because it doesn't matter.
freshman year history teacher told us about this, he was left handed and talked (constantly) about his military experience including where he had to travel to the middle east and had to make a conscious effort to always use his non dominant hand because of the shitting hand rule lmfao
wtf???
i'm left handed so what am i supposed to do
lol wut
23, and have never heard of that until now
Because people use to wipe their asses with their left hand.
Interesting. In most places in the West, sides haven’t had meaning for decades.
If that's the case, I have disrespected everyone
I am left handed
I hand things to them with my feet whenever my penis was too tired to do it.
I’m lefty
My parents are left handed, I’m left handed, that wouldn’t make sense??? Though one of my grandmothers forbade my older sister from using her left hand to do things. Just one of those weird things old people think
Only if you’re Indian
What
is this some political stuff that the left sucks
Never heard about this one before, I guess I'm just not well-informed.
Yall weren't taught? Mabye it's just an African thing
Must be a cultural thing.
I was forced to be right handed in Catholic school. I am no longer Catholic
In my culture and many asian and African cultures, using just the left hand to give and receive items is rude
Pouring coffee with your right to pour it into a cup in your left to give it to some1 is considered disrespectful in Arab culture.
Sounds like some kind of Asian BS